yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calvintps:
Hey Guys, I browsed through the forums and I need some help.

The problem

Today when I woke up, my phone was flashing on and off. It goes from black to white and back to black in 1~2 seconds.

I took the battery off and tried to restart it but it just flashes on and off.

I'm not sure to how that happen, I left wifi on so it probably downloaded and auto installed an update, who knows???

Before it happens, I had flashed it to "2.3.4 S5830DDKQ5", and had unlocked the phone so that I could make phone calls with my local sim card.

I had followed this instructions:

http://androidflip.com/android-234-gingerbread-update-samsung-galaxy-ace-installing-guide/

It was working for a few weeks then today, it happened.

Power =Does not work (flashes black and white)

Home button key+ power =DOES NOT WORK (flashes black and white)

Home button key + volume up + power = Works (But what it is for?)

Home button key +volume down+ power = Works

Home button key + volume down + volume up + power = Works!?

Then I had followed a few of the following links to try to revive the phone :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034145

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1071970

It is not working!

I tried to reflash it using other firmwares, does not work.

Example of the log dump.

************************************

Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> setup connection...

<1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.

<1> VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0

<1> START!!!

<1> set download environment.

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> mibib download..

<1> 1/10 Finished.

<1> qcsbl download..

<1> 2/10 Finished.

<1> oemsbl download..

<1> 3/10 Finished.

<1> amss download..

<1> 4/10 Finished.

<1> arm11boot download..

<1> 5/10 Finished.

<1> boot.img download..

<1> 6/10 Finished.

<1> recovery.img download..

<1> 7/10 Finished.

<1> system.rfs download..

<1> 8/10 Finished.

<1> data.rfs download..

<1> 9/10 Finished.

<1> csc.rfs download..

<1> 10/10 Finished.

<1> reset pda..

<0> Started Timer

<1> Close serial port and wait until rebooting.

<1> PASS!!!

<0> Destroy instant..

<0> Killed timer

************************

Firmwares that I have retried using ODIN and Coopers:

SAMSUNG_GALAXY_ACE_S5830_XWKS2_2.3.5

2.3.4 S5830DDKQ5 ( I was using this when it broke down)

S5830XWKB7

S5830XXKC1

Extra Information..

ODIN is Version 4.38, did run as administrator

Windows 7 x64

What makes it worse is that I got the phone from overseas, so I might need to try extra hard when I bring it into the official samsung phone repair center. :/
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpaceCaker:
try other gingerbread fucntions

download mode for odin

is

home vol down power

this works as you said in a bove

SGSII styled rom

for galaxy ace

made by Robinandroid
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
Try flashing DXKPB

Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calvintps:
The download mode works (volume down + center button + power button) , but i tried to flash with odin to other firmwares, no difference.

EmoBoi, thanks for the quick response! Too bad the DXKPB didn't work.

I got it from :

http:

//hotfile.com/dl/128450492/8bec04d/S5830DXKPB.rar.html[/url]

the password is samfirmware.com , so i think it should be the correct one?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.snax:
if you try DXKPB didn't work, suggest to flash with XXKPH Custom CodeROM based

Download links:

http://www.mediafire.com/?6l24sqlx348323f

http://www.4shared.com/file/FlodBNrS/buildcoderom.html

http://www.multiupload.com/38SNOR86ZH

hope this work
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calvintps:
"...if you try DXKPB didn't work, suggest to flash with XXKPH Custom CodeROM based..""

Ok , I had reflash to DXKPB, and then reflash again with XXKPH Custom CodeROM based.

I got the file from the media fire link, and followed instructions from

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1198116.html

Still does not work. D:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calvintps:
Ahhhh.... I think the cause of my phone due to :

Galaxy_Ace_Unlock.apk!!

Browsing this thread which is related now:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113088&page=2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoshimonako:
I got same problem. I tried to flash/reflash with so many firmware as suggested here but none of them works for me. Is there any suggestion from you guys?...

Thanks in advance...
[LG Nitro HD] johnnyfever:
The issue appears to be with the IPS display and how colors are rendered, not the screen resolution.

I've done a little research and it appears that this may be the first android phone, along with it's over seas counter parts, to get a true IPS display.

Before I go trying to change the code to write properly on the display, can anyone confirm that no other android phone with an IPS display has gotten the CWM treatment?

If there has been another phone with an IPS display to get CWM, I may be able to find the custom code and integrate it into a build for us.

Thanks,

Johnny
[LG Nitro HD] schwin97:
After a quick search on google (very quick search) it looks like this is the firs ips display for android. So if this is just a rendering issue - why am I able to use 5652rgb followed by convert to go from rle to a nice png?

Not disagreeing with you, just trying to clarify...
[LG Nitro HD] johnnyfever:
Directly talking to the hardware

When a boot loader like this does what it does, it doesn't really on any underlying android display code to write things to the screen. I'm guessing in your comment you meant that you just changed the format of an image and displayed it while android was running.

The bootload does a check on hardware capabilities, then it configures the format to used based on the hardware available. Because they were getting a garbled screen I started looking in the CWM code to determine if there was anything that could possibly be causing that.

All that being said, I'm not new to development, but I am extremely new to android development... so there is a possibility that I'm on crack.

I'm going to do some more research now to determine if this is the problem since you, like I, believe that this is the first android phone with an IPS display.

Thanks,

Johnny
[LG Nitro HD] scott0:
Thanks Johnny!
[LG Nitro HD] johnnyfever:
Directly talking to the hardware

I'm checking right now to determine what the pixel size should be and what it is. I have a feeling that it's being set as 4 instead of 8, which would through off the stride and cause the corrupted display that was being discussed in the thread on in the dev forum.

This may take me a while as I'm new to android development. Also, if someone here knows for sure that I'm going down the wrong path, please let me know. But as of now, this feels like this is more than likely the issue.

Johnny
[LG Nitro HD] schwin97:
Do you think there would be any benefit to look at the CWM code that is run for tablet's that have a similar resolution? Not sure if the code is actually different, but don't most tablets have a higher screen resolution - and wouldn't they have gone through similar issues?

Also very new to android development - and will also be looking to peak in the code to see if I can help figure anything out.
[LG Nitro HD] johnnyfever:
It appears to be the PIXEL format that is the problem:

These two sections of code appear to be the culprit. I've been looking at this at work and don't have access to the Android SDK on this machine (and I can't install it). Does any one here know where the RECOVERY_BGRA or RECOVERY_RGBX get defined?

The thing is, the nitro is returning GGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888, which means that it would fall down into the else in the above code and set it to a pixelsize of 2, which is probably wrong.

Also, the RGBA offset and lengths are probably wrong because of the same issue.

If anyone here has insight to this or could tell me where the recovery is defined it would either speed things up or just prove me wrong all together.

Thanks,

Johnny

If no one here knows how the recovery is defined I'll be able to figure it out at home better on my mac.
[LG Nitro HD] LGSU640:
Thanks Johnny~

ORZ
[LG Nitro HD] gte460z:
The recovery image is stored in partition mmcblk0p13, I think you may find your answer there.
[LG Nitro HD] aquariuz23:
Sorry, this comment is not helping anything, but I just wanna say how interesting this thread is, and that thank you Johnny for helping out here :)
[LG Nitro HD] johnnyfever:
I'm fairly certain that I've changed the code to fix this this. It will be a very specific build that will only work for phones that do RGBA.

The problem is, since I'm so new to the Android system I haven't been able to actually figure out how to build the code yet. If someone on here has everything setup to do that I can zip up the code and give it to you.

If not, I'll have time this weekend to get everything setup and build it myself.

Johnny
[LG Nitro HD] gte460z:
Excellent! Be sure to check out the progress we are making in the "[DEV][CWM] ClockworkMod 5 Recovery For LG Nitro HD [Update]" thread in the development forum. We know how to boot into recovery now... Sounds like we are close.
[LG Nitro HD] LGSU640:
@ johnnyfever

Well done! Come on! Looking forward to your good news!
[Acer Iconia A500] Alteros:
So I rooted a couple of days after I got the Tab, left the Stock Rooted Rom and then loaded the Honey Villian Kernel for O/C purposes. Since O/C is the only thing I do with Root, I am thinking of going back to Unrooted.

My question is, in Iconia Root, if I hit the Unroot with the Custom Kernel still installed what happens? or since I do not have a copy of the original Kernel, how can I reinstall it before Unrooting?

Build is Acer_A500_4.010.13_com_gen2

Current Kernel is 2.6.36.4 Honeyvillain- 1.0+

Thanks in advance
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Did you not backup using CWM before flashing your custom kernel?

If you made that mistake, all you need to do is get the stock kernel from the build you're currently on, create a CWM flashable file and flash your stock kernel back. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Alteros:
I did make a backup, then screwed up and wiped the External Card it was stored on. I know, such a newbish mistake. Since then, I have other Backups, just not one with the Original Kernel.

thanks a bunch.. will see if I can search out the kernel I need.
[Acer Iconia A500] cruise350:
Just grab one of the stock 3.2.1 roms in the development section and install it through cwm. That will replace the kernel, then run acer recovery installer from the market to return to stock recovery. After that you can try running iconiaroot to remove superuser or you can just uninstall it from settings/applications. Now you should be good to go.

Here is a link to a non rooted latest version. It installs through cwm. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1429199

The problem is, cwm will still be on your tablet so you will have to flash the stock recovery. I don't know where you can get a flashable version of the stock recovery without using Acer recovery installer which of course requires you to be rooted to use. Although the advantage to keeping cwm will be you can still flash a custom rom in the future the disadvantage would be you won't be able to take OTAs because they will fail when the don't find the stock recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] Alteros:
So even if I successfully Unroot, I will not be able to take OTA's?

I have the kernel and was just going to flash it back, and Unroot. If I cant take the OTA's then it's not worth the effort. :)

Thanks for the information.. My tablet is fine the way it is, just figured if I wasn't really using root, I would go back to stock. Not really interested in flashing a Rom as I don't want to reload all the apps and set it back up.

Thanks again, as usual you guys are quick and helpful.
[Acer Iconia A500] metpolds:
@Alteros - What I am about to say is

NOT

recommended by 90% of all posters so I expect there to be replies urging you not to do this - HOWEVER - if you install a custom Rom then just wipe the following (1)Cache (2)Dalvic Cache (3)Battery Stats DON'T wipe DATA. When you format just format the following (1)System (2)Cache (3)Flexrom DON'T format DATA.

By doing this you should get back all your Apps. There is a possibility, as other posters will tell you, that you will screw up the new Rom and then have to jump through hoops to get back to Stock. But if you want to take the chance and it works then you will have your new Rom and retain your Apps.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
couldnt he just flash a rooted stock rom( a couple pages back in the dev section) then proceed with the unroot

---------- Post added at 11:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:56 PM ----------

yeah that might work, but he may just to get titianium backup and backup all his apps, if he is going to revert to stock, by flashing a stock rom over a custom rom things might act funny and since he is not rooted only thing he can do is wipe the device and start new

his less headache way of doing things is to leave root and recovery, and use a stock rom. Theres alot of tegra devices out there and who knows how long this community will be kicking out updates long after acer closes support for A500
[Acer Iconia A500] Alteros:
Thanks to everyone that helped. I ended up loading Thor's 14.2 over the weekend, was not nearly as painful as I thought it would be. So I may try more in the future.

You guys are always quick to respond and helpful.

What I think I learned is that, once you root, you can never go completely stock again. Since there is not a way to get rid of CWM, at least not easily.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukemanhakim:
Im finding a modem to flash thru cwm. as what im having now, seems very bad for my country (or maybe place), malaysia. so im wondering if someone can give me some points on new modems for i9100G.

or maybe, can i use the modem for i9100? will there any brick issues if i tried? thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Probably not easy to flash back original modem .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] postfatal:
There are loads of threads that have lots of different modems up for download. Just download one, put it on the Internal SD, and flash it with CWM. It's trial and error which one works best for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukemanhakim:
sure, i can do that. but i must be certain that it wont do any harm for my phone when trying to flash i9100 modem into i9100g. probably someone that is good into this matter would clear this to me?

thanks.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] kwasi901:
Can someone make a beats batt icon
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAdD:
Hi All,

I have a sync with Exchange for my contacts.

I have setup multiple catagory for my contacts and i want that my phone plays a differnt ringtone if the call me ... how can i do that. (don't want to add to each contact a ringtone.......)

Setup: GT9001 Stock Rom (xxkpf)

thanks in advance

MAdD
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wintel_mac:
I don't know how Exchange contacts are treated by the phone.

But I can't assign a dedicated ringtone for my google groups; so I tend to say that this is not possible with Exchange groups either.

However it is possible to create groups on the phone, where you are able to assign a group ringtone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikagl:
Dear MadD,

You are posting in the development section of the I9001, this is not the right place to ask questions. Please use the Q&A thread in the I9000 section!

In answer to the question:

That's already part of any stock ROM as far as I know (it is in Cranium RC7 which I use, but I don't think this is different from stock):

Regards,

Nika.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wintel_mac:
Nikagel, he does not want to edit every single contact but contact groups.

And here they seem to divide in phone groups and google groups or exchange groups.

If the exchange groups are treated the way google groups are, then it's not possible to change it group related.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikagl:
There's many apps for that, but he'll have to figure that out himself :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAdD:
Problem solved ...... I installed the app group ringtones
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] Viamonte:
You know, those chinese sites that deliver worldwide for free through magic elves? Any one of those sites have the official cardock?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
NOTE:

This will be the last release of my hand , personal stuff like kids and wife are the most important thing in my life.

I hope you enjoy my creations and some of you may continue what I started.

I would like to thank THOR and all the other testers and users for the feedback so I could make this .

Always take a NANDROID backup before you flash anything

​

First time you install this ROM

BEFORE you flash this ROM with CWM.

Wipe Data/factory reset , Cache, dalvik and BatteryStats!!!!!

Format : system , data , cache , flexrom !!!!!!​

IF YOU WANT MORE SYSTEM APPS

FLEXSTRIKER-R8-R9-addON-FLASHER-release2​

-Change in how to use , please read instructions.

-No more color icons , sorry to much work , maybe I upload just the icons and you can use a folder orginazer to use them.

COLOR THEMES SEE NEXT POST

PATCHES​

BIG thanks to Williamfold , Vache , ezterry ,Crypted , THOR .

This rom was tested by 8 differend people and they did not had any problems with it . (xda app FC is the only thing , but if that is rom releated I don't think so , possible that some other random app don't work , but I don't feel like testing every app on the market. If you know any OS that is 100% stable please show it to me)

Please follow instal instructions !!!!!!!!!!!!

BIG thanks to my testers : Biggzz ; iamtek7 ; Rainbowbright081 ; fgcchevy ; The.Yield ; manu33xtro ; garbagecanman .

Again I'm a noob at these linux things , and I'm planning on staying a noob , it's just I like to mess around for my own rom and I wan't to share it with anyone that likes it.

I almost bricked my tab testing this rom but he that is the price you have to pay , lucky for me I always got a backup so people always take a nandroid backup !!!

Civato 2012 the mixer. Family and friends come first !!!!!​
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
COLOR THEMES
​

Changlog:

10-jan-2012 : White version.

18-jan-2012: ICE mod , Purple mod (thanks to Rainbowbright081) and all mods got CRT animation on lockscreen and color text on lockscreen and settings background got matching color.

Example of the purple lockscreen:

Blue-Red mod got % battery now like the other mods.

Sorry no more color icons , to much work , will upload just the icons maybe later , so you can use a folder orginazer to aplly the icons.

27-jan-2012: patch for color mods

PATCHES for color themes​

-This patch is for the Force closer of the browser when using "search on page" option.

Flash with CWM , no need for wipe.

ALWAYS INSTALL THE FULL MOD FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THEN FLASH THIS PATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE:

If you use this patch all colors will be untouched but you will lose color text , CRT animation and % Battery.

Sorry there is no other way , if you can live with that little bug don't use this patch if you prefer CRT and %Battery.

Use the patch according the color mod you use , if not you will end up with 2 colors.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS :

-Before you flash one of these mods please make sure you rebooted your tablet with FLEXSTRIKER original ROM first and then go back to recovery to flash mod ! If you don't do this bootloop is possible !

-Clear : Cache , Dalvik and BatteryStats every time you flash a mod.

-Install with CWM

-These MODS are made for FLEXSTRIKER only , using them on any other rom is not stable and will end in FC on some apps

FLEXSTRIKER BLUE/RED mod ​

FLEXSTRIKER- BLUE/RED(mirror1)

FLEXSTRIKER- BLUE/RED(mirror2)

COLORED MODS​

Based on BigDX

FLEXSTRIKER BLUE MOD(mirror1)

FLEXSTRIKER BLUE MOD(mirror2

FLEXSTRIKER GREEN MOD(mirror1)

FLEXSTRIKER GREEN MOD(mirror2)

FLEXSTRIKER RED MOD(mirror1)

FLEXSTRIKER RED MOD (mirror2)

FLEXSTRIKER-WHITE-MOD(mirror1)

FLEXSTRIKER-WHITE-MOD(mirro2)

FLEXSTRIKER-ICE-MOD(mirror1)

FLEXSTRIKER-ICE-MOD(mirror2)

FLEXSTRIKER-PURPLE-MOD Thanks to RainbowBright081(mirror1)

Rainbowbright081 is a girl and that is why she made the purple mod , but even a viking like me can appriciate this mod.

FLEXSTRIKER-PURPLE-MOD Thanks to RainbowBright081(mirror2)l

BACK TO STOCK THEME
[Acer Iconia A500] skatin707:
I freaking love this rom. Thanks Civato!!
[Acer Iconia A500] hyperkamote:
Nice.. thumbs up for this.. will flash it later @ night.. So how's the stock kernel performs within the rom like the performance on battery or others?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
On normal use it's good but oc is much faster.

Tweaks are a little different , so are modules because of the stock kernel.

But it still runs smooth.
[Acer Iconia A500] rconnjr:
Thanks go out to all of the A-holes that keep driving away all of the good devs or hobbiests or enthusiasts.

Thanks Civ, this ROM is excellent, people like me need people like you to get the most out of our devices.

I hope you stay in the game somewhere and I'm able to find out where .
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Thanks m8 , enjoy it m8.

But don't start the hate , this is my goodbey m8.

Like I noted , let the white knights do the job they believe they can do better.

XDA is a good place and maybe mistakes have been made but the way a newbie like me got kicked at by some is stupid and I'm not putting time it that.

This is what the world is going for , me ,me, me look how big I am attitude and even here in a place where the rules are:

Have nice and good 2012.
[Acer Iconia A500] ssdave:
I made a review of FLEXSTRIKER ROM for Acer A500! check it out and let me know what you think. You can use it anywhere you like. If you like or want to help please click the adsense advertisement on the site, Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ealSwo9u0
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Thanks m8 , but I think you should review the full version it is update to R6 but not at XDA in this thread.

R6 got ntfs support on custom kernel something that was lost ones you used a custom kernel.

Thor and me fixed that yesterday and it runs very smooth , so I think it is a first thing seen on custom kernel ntfs support without having to use drivemount. On stock kernel ntfs support is no problem for HC3.2. But now you can overclock and still have the ntfs support on R6.

This brings this rom to a other level.

Anyway gonna check out your review. THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT;

I've watched it , it's nice but still think you need to review FLEXSTRIKER-R6 (not light version with OC kernel) this light R5 version is with stock kernel so no overclocking.
[Acer Iconia A500] 10507:
Civato:

I am currently on Honeylicious HC 3.2, can I update to your ROM? Will there be any problem if I followed your installation instruction? Oh, is your ROM overclockable?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Not the light version , and the regulare FLEXSTRIKER R6 is not at xda , google for it.

Can't post link to it , rules of xda.
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Update to Light R6 , little changes .
[Acer Iconia A500] skatin707:
Thanks for the update!
[Acer Iconia A500] garbagecanman:
Anyone using Acer dock with flexstriker? I know some Roms there might be compatibility issues ...

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[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
Me , and it works even with remote controller.
[Acer Iconia A500] garbagecanman:
Awesome good to hear civ . I was gunna pm u but figured you'd chime in. Now if I could just find a cheap used one...

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